>>>>>>I'm trying to open up a vfp5 dbc table in CR 4.5 but get an error message (free tables work). Anyone know what to do about this? Do I need an upgrade or patch, maybe?
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>>>>>Did you create an OBDC for the dbc yu want to use?
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>>>>That's a good question, actually. Yes, but it was done in vfp3. That may be a cause of trouble, I'll try redoing it.
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>>>cr5 works with vfp3 and vfp5 tables and local views in .dbc (well, where else would you keep a local view). 4.5 had problems reading from containers.
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>>>note -- i have only a pre-release copy of cr5 (fair warning?)
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>>Yes, it sounds like the only good solution is to get cr5 since I want to do some DBC accessing. But management here is negotiating for a site license, so I guess I'll wait on that...thanks for the info.
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>good luck... seagate's story on 4.5 was that CR worked with the vfp3 odbc beta, but m$ messed it up for the final release... no problems w/ 5 though.

I recall hearing about that...a rather odd way to conduct business, when the final is buggier than the beta.